The "Stand Back" Live drum machine

[LiquidBlue5000]

Anyone ever notice that in all the live versions of "Stand Back" from 1983-1986, a drum machine was used as the main beat instead of the drummer?? in some performances, both were used... but the main kick was from a drum machine... when i listen to all those boots of "stand back", i cant help but think how kickin' those performances were, at least from a musical standpoint... some of the more recent live versions of "stand back", namely from the "enchanted" and "tisl" tours, were pretty weak-sounding in comparison...

i wonder why she did away with the drum machine.. i think that song kinda needs it, unless she has a really good drummer (which she does now on this current tour, imo)...